Jordan
Moore, LICSW
Pain in life is inevitable, suffering is optional. There is a difference. Let's look at your options.
About me
Hi, I'm Jordan. Welcome, I'm so glad you're here.
I am a deeply passionate human being. I believe strongly in personal work and its ability to truly create lasting change in our lives. Over the course of my 15+ years as a healer, watching my clients transform their lives has been my greatest joy.
For better or worse, we all have a lived experience. Everything we encounter today is filtered through our past, and that past gets stuck in our bodies and our minds. The idea that we can rewrite our stories and set ourselves on a new path at any time is what drives my work every day.
I help people come alive again. We all want to be seen, held, and approached in a non-judgmental way. Our inner child wants to be loved and nurtured. I am here as your guide on a journey where anything is possible.
I am a Northeasterner by birth, but a true nomad by nature. I live part of the year in Costa Rica and part of the year in the US. My practice is run on a hybrid model - most of the year I am in Costa Rica and am viritual, and am in my office in Cambridge, MA seeing clients in person 2-3 times a year (Holidays, Summer, and Spring).
My Approach
I believe a strong therapeutic relationship and connection is both trusting and dynamic, and is the foundation for real change. I offer a space that is totally non-judgmental and open. A space where there is nothing we can't navigate together. A place where you feel truly safe and held.
I offer individual and couples therapy for adults, and family therapy for all ages.
I combine EMDR, Somatic Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and other therapeutic modalities which results in highly customized treatment for every client. I believe that painful past experiences get stuck in our nervous systems and bodies, so my process typically includes thorough narrative work, somatic work (working to connect to one's body), and sometimes EMDR. There is then an intentional process to integrate what has been moved.
Many clients come to me, afraid to tell their story in full truth because they have been turned away or shamed by other clinicians. You can’t scare me away with your past. Anything goes in my practice. We all have a history and we’ve all been in dark places. I’ve seen it all. Your history is beautiful and there is nothing we can’t work on as a team. I am honored to be a part of your journey.
I work very well with clients who are presently motivated to make change in their lives. My clients describe me as honest, direct, non-judgmental, caring, and dynamic. I lean in a solution-focused direction and my clients walk away from our work together with a totally new life perspective, healthier daily behaviors, stronger relationships, the ability to set firm boundaries, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that work. They feel liberated from their past and ready to live their lives fully.
And you? When will you begin your long journey into yourself?
-Rumi
Not Your Typical Therapist ...
How am I different?
Many of my clients see real change in shorter periods than they have in past therapeutic relationships. I work with many clients for a more effective period of time and really help them make the changes they desire in their lives, rather than dragging treatment out for years and and years and accomplishing very little. I want to do away with chronic waitlists, so I work to keep my practice moving. Need to come back in 6 months for more support? No problem, there will be space for you.
The talk portion of therapy is very important and helpful, and it is healing through action, accountability, homework between sessions, and the implementation of new life habits that changes our lives. I am direct and honest and will always get into the work with you instead of just cheering you on from the sidelines. My ability to hold my clients consistently accountable while simultaneously working in a deeply compassionate therapeutic frame is my greatest strength.
The world is quickly changing - so must our healing methods. I think outside of the box. I don’t believe that therapists should be a ‘blank slate’ to mirror your inner work. I don’t believe in traditional rules. I am a bit of a rebel and believe we are all in this together. We must intentionally reevaluate antiquated cultural norms in order to heal.
I know personally how short life can be. It all flies by in the blink of an eye. We don’t have time to waste. I have been studying and practicing Buddhism for 15 years. I am not religious, though my intensive study and practice of this ancient religion brings an ability to work with my clients deeply with fear around death, pain and suffering, grief, and intense trauma. I’ve been teaching meditation and mindfulness since the start of my career and that work is very much woven into my everyday work with my clients.
I practice what I preach and am constantly doing my own personal work. If I am suggesting you try something, I have already tried it myself 100 times. I don’t believe in the model where there is a power dynamic between client and therapist. Many therapists make a lot of suggestions and aren’t doing the work themselves. This is very common. You won’t find that with me.